Walter Planckaert

Walter Planckaert (born 8 April 1948 in Nevele) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He is the younger brother of Willy Planckaert, the older brother of Eddy Planckaert, and the uncle of Jo Planckaert.^[1] He had 74 victories in his professional career. After retiring from riding, he commenced a long career in team management, working for the Panasonic, Novemail–Histor, Palmans, Lotto–Adecco and Chocolade Jacques teams.^[2]

Walter Planckaert
Personal information
Planckaert in 2011
Full name	Walter Planckaert
Born	(1948-04-08) 8 April 1948 (age 75) Nevele, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1970	Geens-Watney^[1]
1971	Goldor^[1]
1972	Watney–Avia^[1]
1973–1974	Watney–Maes^[1]
1975	Maes–Watney^[1]
1976	Maes–Rokado^[1]
1977	Maes–Miniflat^[1]
1978	C&A^[1]
1979	Miniflat–VDB^[1]
1980	Miniflat–Galli^[1]
1981	Wickes–Splendor-Europ Decor^[1]
1982	Wickes–Splendor^[1]
1983	Splendor–Euroshop^[1]
1984–1985	Panasonic^[1]

Managerial teams
1986–1992	Panasonic^[2]
1993–1994	Novemail–Histor^[2]
1997–2000	Palmans–Ideal^[2]
2001–2002	Lotto–Adecco^[2]
2004-	Chocolade Jacques^[2]

Major wins
Tour of Flanders (1976) Amstel Gold Race (1972) E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1976) Tour de France 1 stage (1978)

Major results Edit

1972

Amstel Gold Race

1973

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1976

Tour of Flanders

1977

Tour of Belgium

1978

Tour de France:

Winner stage 1B

Walter Planckaert arrives first during Dwars door Vlaanderen 1977 (Maurice Terryn, collection: KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Walter Planckaert at Cycling Archives
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Walter Planckaert". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

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